[Hiring] Principal Actuary, Actuarial Analytics @Humana

Role Description

The Actuarial Analytics/Forecasting Principal analyzes and forecasts financial, economic, and other data to provide accurate and timely information for strategic and operational decisions. Establishes metrics, provides data analyses, and works directly to support business intelligence. Evaluates industry, economic, financial, and market trends to forecast the organization's short, medium, and long-term financial and competitive position. Provides strategic advice and guidance to functional team(s). Highly skilled with broad, advanced technical experience.

Ensures data integrity by developing and executing necessary processes and controls around the flow of data. Collaborates with stakeholders to understand business needs/issues, troubleshoots problems, conducts root cause analysis, and develops cost-effective resolutions for data anomalies. Works with senior executives to develop and drive segments or enterprise-wide functional strategies. Advises one or more areas, programs, or functions and provides recommendations to senior executives on matters of significance, and as an advanced subject matter expert competent to work at very high levels in multiple knowledge and functional areas across the enterprise.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and forecast financial, economic, and operational data to support strategic and day-to-day business decisions.
• Develop accurate, timely reporting and insights for leadership and business partners.
• Establish performance metrics and key indicators to support business intelligence and decision-making.
• Evaluate industry, economic, financial, and market trends to assess Humana’s short-, medium-, and long-term financial and competitive position.
• Provide strategic actuarial and analytic guidance to functional teams and senior leadership.
• Support Medicare Individual analytic work across the team.
• Bridge analytics across teams to improve consistency, coordination, and insight generation.
• Ensure data integrity by designing, implementing, and maintaining processes and controls data flow.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business needs, issues, and opportunities.
• Investigate and troubleshoot data and analytic issues.
• Conduct root cause analysis on data anomalies and develop cost-effective resolutions.
• Translate complex data findings into actionable recommendations for business leaders.
• Work with senior executives to help develop and drive segments or enterprise-wide functional strategies.
• Advise one or more business areas, programs, or functions on significant actuarial and analytic matters.
• Serve as an advanced subject matter expert across multiple knowledge and functional areas within the enterprise.
• Apply broad, advanced technical expertise to complex forecasting and analytic initiatives.
• Support cross-functional decision-making through high-level modeling, analysis, and interpretation of results.
• Monitor claims emergence and identify changes in utilization, unit cost, severity, and mix.
• Distinguish signal from normal claims volatility.
• Break results down by geography, product, provider, service category, member cohort, and other meaningful dimensions.
• Compare actual experience with forecasts, pricing assumptions, and prior periods.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required, Master's or Doctorate's degree preferred.
• 7+ years of technical experience.
• 2 - 5 years of project leadership.
• FSA or ASA and other relevant professional designations, to include relevant advanced degree + recent and relevant work experience.
• MAAA.
• Strong technical and non-technical communication skills, knowing your audience.
• Experience in more than two functions (e.g., modeling, pricing, rate filing, reporting & analysis, reserving or trending).
• Must be passionate about contributing to an organization focused on continuously improving consumer experiences.

Work Style

• Remote, with occasional travel to Humana's offices for training or meetings may be required.

Work Hours

• Typical business hours are Monday-Friday 8am-5pm.

Pay Range

The compensation range below reflects a good faith estimate of starting base pay for full time (40 hours per week) employment at the time of posting. The pay range may be higher or lower based on geographic location and individual pay will vary based on demonstrated job related skills, knowledge, experience, education, certifications, etc.

• $156,600 - $215,400 per year.
• This job is eligible for a bonus incentive plan based upon company and/or individual performance.

Description of Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision benefits.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan.
• Time off (including paid time off, company and personal holidays, paid parental and caregiver leave).
• Short-term and long-term disability.
• Life insurance and many other opportunities.

Equal Opportunity Employer

It is the policy of Humana not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status. It is also the policy of Humana to take affirmative action, in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and VEVRAA, to employ and to advance in employment individuals with disability or protected veteran status, and to base all employment decisions only on valid job requirements.